Blood & Donuts (1995)

A vampire falls for a woman working at a donut shop.

Director:

Holly Dale

Writer:

Andrew Rai Berzins

Stars:

Gordon Currie, Louis Ferreira, Helene Clarkson

3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gordon Currie	...	Boya
Louis Ferreira	...	Earl (as Justin Louis)
Helene Clarkson	...	Molly
Fiona Reid	...	Rita
Frank Moore	...	Pierce
Hadley Kay	...	Axel
David Cronenberg	...	Crime Boss
J. Winston Carroll	...	Bernie
Earl Pastko	...	Donut Shop Junkie
Sam Malkin	...	Hotel Clerk
Susan Kottman	...	Old Lady (as Susan Koffmann)
Charles Hayter	...	Old Wino

Storyline

In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl, who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly. Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita, who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.

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Plot Keywords:

taxi driver | horror directed by woman | canadian content | donut | donut shop | 

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Taglines:

There's a place between the living and the dead... and it's open 24 hours.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore and language

Did You Know?

Quotes

Earl: What's, like, your take on heaven.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits there is a final scene in the donut shop featuring three of the secondary characters.

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Connections

Referenced in The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (2019)

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Soundtracks

Sleep In Late
Written by Andrew Whiteman and Dave Wall (as David Wall)
Performed by Dave Wall (as David Wall)
Courtesy of Hypnotic Records

User Reviews

Weird and Cult

In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya (Gordon Currie) awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl (Justin Louis), who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly (Helene Clarkson). Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita (Fiona Reid), who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.

"Blood & Donuts" is a weird vampire movie, but also with a great potential of cult-movie. The unusual story is completely different from most of the films of vampire; actually it is a tale of loneliness, friendship, love and self-sacrifice. Goya is probably more human than any other character in spite of being a vampire. This is a typical very low budget movie that works, supported by magnificent story, screenplay, direction, performances, cinematography, special effects and music score. Actually the cinematography is top-notch and the music score is fantastic. I noted in IMDb that the excellent and unknown Helene Clarkson apparently interrupted her career in 1996. I regret only the terrible spelling mistakes in the subtitles in Portuguese of the Brazilian DVD released by Lider Distributor. Last but not the least, wait until the very last scene in the end of the credits. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Sangue de Vampiro" ("Vampire's Blood")

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 1989 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Blood & Donuts

Filming Locations:

Sea of Tranquility, The Moon, Space

Box Office

Budget:

CAD350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Feature Film Project, Téléfilm Canada, Ontario Film Development Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color